Prayers for the Ordinary

 

God of Monday mornings when a new week is before us – we glance over the events on our calendar and the blank spaces there too.  What would it mean for every event and gathering this week to be an offering to You, O God?  How can we live trusting in the promise that You go before us every day this week so that where we are, there You are already there also?  What would it mean that whether we are walking into a doctor’s office or meeting or the grocery story, You are the one who opens the door and welcomes us into that space and place?  Help us live this way, O God, today.

God of this last week in the month of June – we think back on the moments that have filled our days the last few weeks.  

~ We name to You a moment of JOY during June. (Name aloud a time you felt God’s presence).  

~ We name to You that which sits uneasy in our hearts and weighs on our souls.  (Name aloud those people and places where you are not sure what to do or say or a pain you have grown weary of carrying).  

~ We name to You a time when we could taste grace and felt love like the summer sun warming our skin. (Name aloud the thoughts that swirl and stir within you as blessings).  

Meet us here, O God, in the sacred stillness of this moment.

God be with each of us in the beautiful ordinariness of this week.  Receive, renew, restore, replenish, and revive us to let our lights shine.  Help us be open to the lights of others we encounter, for in our causal conversations You often show up unannounced and can catch us unaware.  May the holy rhythm of planting, watering, watching, harvesting, sorting, and resting continue to be a pace and pattern that is woven in our lives this day and week.  In the name of the One who is the Lord of the Dance, Jesus the Christ.  Amen.